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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1936
Page
4
The congressional record grows with speeches and leave to print items, costing taxpayers thousands. Critics note pages filled with self promotion and ads, some of it unpaid by advertisers, raising questions about waste in a campaign year.
The article notes Governor Alf M. Landon insists on using Alf as his given name in public life, citing lifelong signature and midwest familiarity. Mrs. Landon prefers Alfred, but Landon resists a name change amid the presidential campaign, arguing Alf is his established identity.
The piece argues Britain’s Singapore base with eighteen inch guns shows a move toward seawall fortifications. It warns the United States may fortify Guam and other Pacific possessions after the year, while Japan’s desertion of armament ratios invites wider fortification and potential conflicts across the Pacific.
The author argues that price shifts reflect global demand and world conditions not just domestic policy. Farm imports rose as regimentation and A A A scarcity increased supplies abroad, with foreign agriculturists benefiting from freer markets. The piece urges understanding supply and demand laws rather than blaming the Brain Trust.
In Russia a total solar eclipse occurs today with 25 Russian and 11 foreign expeditions data gathering. The path of totality spans 100 miles from the Black Sea through the north Caucasus to Lake Baikal and the Sea of Japan as the moon's shadow races at 984 yards per second, covering 4,483 miles in about 2 hours 13 minutes.
The article notes how eclipse understanding evolved from fear to knowledge and recalls how ancient cultures linked stars and comets to births and significant events. It cites Andrew D White and mentions historic beliefs across Chinese, Roman, and Mohammedan traditions, hinting at further continuation on Page Five.
A reflective poem about misplaced things and the enduring flame of faith and happiness. The speaker wonders where winds, resolutions, money, time, beauty, and love go, then asserts a light of faith ignited by another that remains with them, guiding and comforting through darkness.
A Household letter from Castle Hills June 18 praises Fred and a flower garden and names residents like Matilda Louie Rounds and Joe Bulger. It mentions Lawrence Castle sending a head of lettuce and references a convention in Cleveland. The writer comments on dancing Sunday laws and local crooks with pithy anecdotes, ending with a wry joke about marriage.
A casual exchange unfolds about borrowing a pen and paper at a post office run, with requests to stamp letters and gather envelopes. The piece then shifts to a humorous critique of barbers and cleverness versus honesty, concluding with reflections on luck, marriage options, and waiting for opportunity.
A campaign song sung at the Cleveland National Republican Convention mocks Franklin Roosevelt and advocates Landon as president. Lyrics compare Landon to a steady captain and criticize New Deal policies, urging a return to constitutional governance and work.
The poem portrays rich golfers pleading for strokes on the tee while the speaker, once generous, now withholds help. It captions greed and self interest among players who seek advantage, ending with the narrator preferring humor over charity after repeated losses.
The bride and groom should jointly list all guests and issue individual invitations from the couple. If engraved invitations are used, the bride's parents traditionally phrased as Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pope. For small weddings, the bride writes informal notes herself.
The piece argues Landon’s decline of mystery at the Republican convention, his strengths as a young candidate, and critiques of his unknown labor and social record while contrasting Roosevelt’s broad support among workers farmers and small merchants. It notes Democratic claims about Kansas and Nebraska budgets and federal relief, and defends Midwest voters against regional bias while praising Roosevelt’s direct speech and fights against monopoly.
A Merced County justice of the peace fined General Pershing’s chauffeur $50 for 45 mph in a 25 mph zone. The judge boasted of the ruling, noting the violation as “the most flagrant” seen, drawing letters that mocked Carlson as a “toad in a puddle.”
Etiquette advises stopping at a table with friends for a brief greeting on entering or leaving a dining room. For longer chats, ask the waiter to bring an extra chair so the newcomer can join the party.
A compact aphorism explores moral limits of harm and social ugliness. The speaker contrasts fatal equality of fortunes with the idea that no one gains a legal right to hurt you except when constructing an unwelcome, visible nuisance.
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